When a prequel line has been excessively misquoted!
Aug 6, 2020 21:31:36 GMT
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Post by Cryogenic on Aug 6, 2020 21:31:36 GMT
I was just watching the following clip and had quite a shock.
"You call this a diplomatic solution?" That's the way the Internet has apparently heard that line for years. A quick Google search produces a ton of results.
But if you pay close attention, Anakin actually seems to say:
"We call this a diplomatic solution?"
And on that variant, Google is almost silent. But trust in your ears and go listen:
I think the use of "we" instead of "you" adds a whole other inflection to the scene. Now Anakin is not so much mocking Padme, but impugning the both of them for being hasty and a little in-over-their-heads. Anakin is not treating Padme as a separate object to himself, but as more of an equal: a single unit. He is also involving his wife-to-be in the decision-making process in a brief moment of respite. Yes, Anakin: what is the whole mess of the Clone Wars actually to be called? In this line, there seems to be some recognition of his and Padme's similar temperaments, and maybe even a poignant "fuck it" quality as they face death square in the eye, together. The cheeky energy between the two characters and actors is palpable, and would seem to shade their characters' fates in Episode III all the more (i.e., "we brought about the Clone Wars, we deserve to die"). Fascinating.
I wonder what other lines in Star Wars, and the PT in particular, might have been misheard and misreported over the years?
Or I could just be mishearing things...
"You call this a diplomatic solution?" That's the way the Internet has apparently heard that line for years. A quick Google search produces a ton of results.
But if you pay close attention, Anakin actually seems to say:
"We call this a diplomatic solution?"
And on that variant, Google is almost silent. But trust in your ears and go listen:
I think the use of "we" instead of "you" adds a whole other inflection to the scene. Now Anakin is not so much mocking Padme, but impugning the both of them for being hasty and a little in-over-their-heads. Anakin is not treating Padme as a separate object to himself, but as more of an equal: a single unit. He is also involving his wife-to-be in the decision-making process in a brief moment of respite. Yes, Anakin: what is the whole mess of the Clone Wars actually to be called? In this line, there seems to be some recognition of his and Padme's similar temperaments, and maybe even a poignant "fuck it" quality as they face death square in the eye, together. The cheeky energy between the two characters and actors is palpable, and would seem to shade their characters' fates in Episode III all the more (i.e., "we brought about the Clone Wars, we deserve to die"). Fascinating.
I wonder what other lines in Star Wars, and the PT in particular, might have been misheard and misreported over the years?
Or I could just be mishearing things...
